| Well if you consider what it is and how it works it is | | | | disease from cow to cow, but in Europe this is what |
| an absolute nightmare. It is all the National Beef | | | | caused its rapid spreading originally. We have laws |
| Association can do to keep consumers informed, | | | | against such practices obviously in the US. But once |
| watch for BSE cows and prevent their ranchers from | | | | one cow gets it, it can give it to the rest of the |
| going broke due to a mass media hysteria scare. Mad | | | | heard fairly easily, remember cows have a double |
| Cow has scared the nation because of the issues, | | | | digestive system and eats its first time around |
| which occurred in the UK and recently when some | | | | processed food. So a whole heard could get it quite |
| BSE cows were found in Canada. If you will recall the | | | | easily. It could be tracked in on cow pies debris on |
| news as we watched on our TV sets sheep, cows | | | | shoes, it only takes a little bit you see, many |
| and other livestock slaughtered to contain the | | | | researchers disagree that it can spread this way, but |
| disease. Many liberal groups are using this scare to | | | | they cannot prove it doesn’t either. Yes you |
| get you to stop eating beef. | | | | cannot worry about everything. BSE as it’s |
| [ | | | | called has some interesting characteristics, you may |
| The threat is real, and it can be overcome; by not | | | | wish to read up on; |
| feeding animals the remains of other animals within | | | | As you may not realize about 800 million pounds of |
| their genome type. The practice of chopping up parts | | | | animals are fed to other animals every day. While this |
| of animals not used such as the heads and brains of | | | | may be a good way to not waste any part of the |
| the same species causes this. It is the same as our | | | | animal, it can lead to the spread of disease especially |
| species when they practice cannibalism. It is a dumb | | | | if fed to the same species, which we know is a very |
| idea. | | | | bad idea. |
| [ | | | | We should not fear BSE or stop eating meat, but we |
| It would be similar to us eating dead AIDS victims all | | | | should be informed and as consumer let it be known |
| chopped up and mixed into our food. Even some of | | | | that we want safe beef in our food supply and we |
| the African Cultures believe in eating the dead and | | | | applaud the efforts of our ranchers and expect the |
| this is another way AIDS spreads to the entire village. | | | | utmost care to continue long into the future. Think |
| Of course there are other ways to get mad cow | | | | about it. |